National Register of Historic Places - Florida (FL), Martin County

Martin County Florida has 14 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 4 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Georges Valentine Shipwreck Site, House of Refuge at Gilbert's Bar, Mount Elizabeth Archeological Site and Trapper Nelson Zoo Historic District and Burn Brae Plantation--Krueger House.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Orange Iii Period, East Okeechobee Cultural Area and Late Archaic dating back to 2499 BC.

The famous person Vince "Trapper" Nelson is associated with one of more of the Martin County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Martin County places including Bowdler Chaffer & Company, Albert Blaisdale, Vince "Trapper" Nelson, A.L. Doenges, John Sherwood, Mario Fatio, Clarke L. Phillip, Chalker & Lund, Treanor and Fatio and Isaac Matthew Elkins. Prominent architectural styles found in Martin Country are Mission/Spanish Revival, Art Deco and Beaux Arts.

Burn Brae Plantation--Krueger House (added 2002 - - #02000002)

1170 South East Ocean Blvd. , Stuart

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Cypress Lodge (added 2008 - - #08001040)

Also known as Cypress Plantation, MT520

18681 SW. Conners Hwy. , Port Mayaca

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Elkins, Isaac Matthew

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Gate House (added 2001 - - #01001246)

214 S. Beach Rd. , Jupiter Island

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Georges Valentine Shipwreck Site (added 2006 - - #06000619)

Offshore of the House of Refuge , Stuart

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Historic - Non-Aboriginal

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Water-Related

Current Function:

Landscape, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Underwater, Water-Related

More Information:

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Golden Gate Building (added 2017 - - #100001736)

3225 Southeast Dixie Highway, Stuart

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Mission/Spanish Revival

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1936 AD

House of Refuge at Gilbert's Bar (added 1974 - - #74000651)

Also known as Gilbert`s Bar House of Refuge

North of Bathtub Beach on Hutchinson Island east of Stuart, Florida , Stuart

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Social History

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Public Works

Current Function:

Education, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Research Facility

More Information:

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Lyric Theatre (added 1993 - - #93001204)

Also known as Site #8MT00086

59 SW. Flagler Ave. , Stuart

Clariosophic, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Casto, Mark, Sherwood, John

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival, Beaux Arts

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Theater

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Theater

More Information:

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Martin County Court House, Old (added 1997 - - #97001329)

Also known as Court House Cultural Center

80 E. Ocean Blvd. , Stuart

Clariosophic, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Chalker & Lund, Phillip, Clarke L.

Architectural Style:

Art Deco, Modern Movement

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

More Information:

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Mount Elizabeth Archeological Site (added 2002 - - #02001011)

Also known as Races (Racey's) Tuckahoe; St. Joseph's Novitiate, Florida Institute of Technology; 8MT30

1707 NE Indian River Dr. , Jensen Beach

BotMultichillT, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Orange Iii Period, East Okeechobee Cultural Area, Late Archaic

Period of Significance:

500-999 BC, 499-0 BC, 499-0 AD, 2000-2499 BC, 1500-1999 BC, 1000-500 AD, 1000-1499 BC

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure, Village Site

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

More Information:

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Olympia School (added 2002 - - #02001534)

Also known as Picture City School; Hobe Sound White School, FMSF no. MT1338

9141 SE Apollo St. , Hobe Sound

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Treanor and Fatio, Fatio, Mario

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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Seminole Inn (added 2006 - - #06000442)

Also known as FMSF# MT73, Seminole Country Inn

15885 SE Warfield Blvd. , Indiantown

Jellymuffin40, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Harvey, Henry Stephen

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Hotel

More Information:

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Stuart Welcome Arch (added 2004 - - #04000971)

Also known as Stuart-Jensen Arch; FMSF#MT854, 1926 Welcome Arch; Rio-Jensen Beach Arch

Bet. 2369 and 2390 NE Dixie Hwy , Jensen Beach

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Community Planning And Development, Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Monument/Marker

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Monument/Marker

More Information:

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Trapper Nelson Zoo Historic District (added 2006 - - #06000918)

Also known as Trapper Nelson Hunting Camp, Trapper Nelson Interpretive Site;MT01449

16450 SE Federal Hwy. , Hobe Sound

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Nelson, Vince "Trapper"

Historic Person:

Nelson, Vince "Trapper"

Significant Year:

1933, 1960

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Camp, Outdoor Recreation, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation

More Information:

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Tuckahoe (added 2005 - - #05001339)

Also known as Leach Estate; St. Joseph College, Florida Institute of Technology; FMSF #MT30, MT1047

1921 NE Indian River Dr. , Jensen Beach

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Keck, Berton D.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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